Vegetation Condition Benchmarks version 1
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
DRO Eucalyptus rodwayi forest and woodland: grassy facies (woodland)
Community Description:
Eucalyptus rodwayi forest and woodland are communities dominated by E. rodwayi on fertile valley flats, usually subject to water logging. The understorey varies between open and grassy or sedgy to densely shrubby. The degree of site exposure and the severity of frosts and waterlogging influence the form of the community. Towards the centre of marshes, mallee-form trees (< 10 m) occur as a sporadic component of low, open woodland and sedgeland/ heathland. Low, open woodland structure is also found on exposed sites subject to severe frosts. Woodlands and open forests (> 40 m) are found in more sheltered situations and on better aerated sites around the perimeter of marshes and flats. This benchmark is one of 6 benchmarks available to assess the condition of DRO.
Benchmarks:
Length Component Cover % Height (m) DBH (cm) #/ha (m)/0.1 ha Canopy 15% - - - - Large Trees - 25 50 5 - Organic Litter 20% - - - - Logs - - ≥ 10 - 6 Large Logs - - ≥ 25 - - Recruitment Continuous
Understorey Life Forms LF code # Spp Cover % Immature tree IT 1 5 Tree or large shrub T 2 5 Shrub S 5 10 Prostrate shrub PS 2 5 Herbs and orchids H 10 10 Grass G 10 40 Large sedge/rush/sagg/lily LSR 3 20 Medium to small sedge/rush/sagg/lily MSR 3 5 Ground fern GF 1 1 Mosses and Lichens ML 1 5 Total 10 38
Species lists:
Canopy Tree Species Common Name Notes Eucalyptus rodwayi swamp peppermint Eucalyptus gunnii cider gum Eucalyptus ovata black gum Eucalyptus pauciflora cabbage gum
Last reviewed – 5 July 2016 Tasmanian Vegetation Monitoring and Mapping Program Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/tasveg
DRO Eucalyptus rodwayi forest and woodland: grassy facies (woodland)
Typical Understorey Species * Common Name LF Code Leptospermum lanigerum woolly teatree T Tasmannia lanceolata mountain pepper T Almaleea subumbellata wiry bushpea S Baeckea gunniana alpine heathmyrtle S Callistemon viridiflorus prickly bottlebrush S Cyathodes spp. cheeseberry S Epacris gunnii coral heath S Epacris lanuginosa swamp heath S Hakea microcarpa smallfruit needlebush S Hovea montana mountain purplepea S Lomatia tinctoria guitarplant S Olearia spp. daisybush S Sprengelia incarnata pink swampheath S Hibbertia prostrata prostrate guineaflower PS Bossiaea cordigera wiry bossia PS Acaena novae-zelandiae common buzzy H Asperula spp. woodruff H Celmisia asteliifolia silver snowdaisy H Cotula spp. buttons H Erigeron pappocromus violet mountaindaisy H Gnaphalium spp. cottonleaf H Gonocarpus spp. raspwort H Helichrysum scorpioides curling everlasting H Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides shining pennywort H Lagenophora stipitata blue bottledaisy H Ranunculus spp. buttercup H Rubus gunnianus alpine raspberry H Velleia montana mountain velleia H Viola hederacea ivyleaf violet H Wahlenbergia gymnoclada naked bluebell H Austrodanthonia spp. wallabygrass G Austrofestuca hookeriana swamp fescue G Deyeuxia spp. bentgrass G Ehrharta distichophylla hairy ricegrass G Pentapogon quadrifidus lesser five-awn speargrass G Poa spp. tussockgrass G Baloskion australe southern cordrush LSR Lepidosperma filiforme common rapiersedge LSR Leptocarpus tenax slender twinerush LSR Lomandra longifolia sagg LSR Astelia alpina var. alpina pineapple grass MSR Empodisma minus spreading roperush MSR Schoenus apogon common bogsedge MSR Blechnum penna-marina alpine waterfern GF
*This list is provided as a guide only. The species listed are typical of this plant community type but may not necessarily be present.